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NICE priority methodological research areas.

This interim methods guide is based on the general principles and methods included in other methods guides for developing NICE guidance

Science policy projects with NICE.

This manual provides information additional to that in Developing NICE guidelines: the manual to guide developers on how to approach developing service guidance, and also to inform stakeholders about the steps that NICE will take in developing this guidance

This guide provides an overview of the principles and methods of health technology assessment and appraisal within the context of the NICE appraisal process

This manual describes the methods used by the Centre for Public Health Excellence (CPHE) in NICE to develop and update public health guidance

Before 2022, we used different processes for assessing technologies. You can view the previous process and methods guides below.

Evidence-based recommendations on brachytherapy as the sole method of adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer after local excision. This involves inserting radioactive sources into the space in the breast where tissue has been removed to minimise the chances of the cancer coming back.

Result type

HealthTech guidance

Published

23 July 2008

NICE's technology appraisal and highly specialised technologies guidance manual

This guideline covers the circumstances for inducing labour, methods of induction, assessment, monitoring, pain relief and managing complications. It aims to improve advice and care for pregnant women who are thinking about or having induction of labour.

Result type

NICE guideline

Published

4 November 2021

This interim process and methods statement sets out the general principles guiding NICE's approach to including NICE technology appraisal recommendations in guideline topic areas. It also describes what the key changes are to existing methods and processes

This methods guide describes how NICE selects medical technologies for development of NICE guidance. It also describes how the medical technologies advisory committee develops guidance on selected technologies routed to it

This guide describes the methods and processes that NICE follows to assess the impact of new evidence, changes to the health and care system, or other new, relevant information that has come to light after NICE guidance has published

This guide sets out the process and methods used to develop rapid guidelines on COVID-19

This guideline covers long-acting reversible contraception. It aims to increase the use of long-action reversible contraception by improving the information given to women about their contraceptive choices.

Result type

Clinical guideline

Last updated

2 July 2019